Saturday, May 6, 2017

Summer Vegetables have flooded the market and along with beetroot, there is ridge gourd every where. Unlike South India, we do not get ridge gourd through out the year. So whenever I find them , I try to make the best use of this tasty and healthy vegetable. Ridge gourd adds great flavour to sambar, kootu , masiyal and chutneys.

'Masiyal' means 'to mash' in Tamil. As the name suggests, the ridge gourd is almost mashed and incorporated with the dal. A very delicious curry that can be enjoyed with steaming hot rice and melted ghee.